Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: 'Confident Draupadi Murmu Will Be A Great Prez Of Our Nation,' Says PM Modi
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.0, occurred at around 12.44 pm, 910km SSE of Tokyo, Japan: National Center for Seismology
Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, BJP chief J P Nadda meet VP M Venkaiah Naidu ahead of key BJP meet on presidential polls.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, the former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and a senior Congress politician, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Confirming the news, the Senior Congress leader on his official Twitter handle writes, "I have tested covid positive today and am under home quarantine.”
Gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh writes to PM Narendra Modi seeking CBI inquiry in the case.
RJD MLA Anant Singh, who was found guilty in a case where police recovered an AK-47 gun & other weapons from his residence, has been sentenced to 10 yrs of imprisonment by the MP-MLA court in Patna, today.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reaches the office of the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth day of questioning in the National Herald case.
Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Majid Nazir, killer of SI Farooq Mir has been neutralised in the Pulwama encounter: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar
India on Monday said it promotes a culture of tolerance and respect for all religions and deals with aberrations within its legal framework, as it rejected motivated “selective outrage” from outside that pursues a divisive agenda, after Pakistan delivered a statement on behalf of the OIC that referred to the controversial remarks made by two now-suspended BJP functionaries against the Prophet.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said this while speaking at the high-level Meeting in the UN General Assembly to mark the commemoration of the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech.
The Kashmiri Pandit United Front (KPUF) urged the United Nations (UN) on Monday to declare Pakistan as a "terrorist country" alleging that the neighbouring country continued to sponsor terrorism in Kashmir Valley.
On the occasion of World Refugee Day on Monday, the organisation staged a demonstration here and raised anti-Pakistan slogans.
Satesh Kissu of the KPUF saiid, "We demand that the United Nations declare Pakistan as a terrorist country as it continues to sponsor terrorism in the valley." Unless Pakistan is declared as a terrorist country, terrorism cannot be stopped in Jammu and Kashmir, he added.
Even as the Opposition is yet to choose its candidate for Presidential polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold its parliamentary board meeting here on Tuesday where it is likely to finalise its pick for the election slated to be held on July 18, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to join the meeting virtually. The BJP has already formed a 14-member management team to oversee the election. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the convenor of this team.
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75 Modi Ministers To Perform Yoga At 75 Historical Places
At least 75 ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will perform yoga at 75 historical and cultural sites in the country on the International Yoga Day this year, ANI reported. “As many as 75 ministers have been designated to participate in the Yoga programs at 75 historical and cultural places to mark the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav that is being celebrated across the country,” the news agency quoted sources as saying.
Prime Minister Modi will perform yoga at Karnataka’s Mysore Palace on the eighth International Yoga Day, which will be celebrated on June 21.
Service Chiefs To Meet PM Tuesday, Likely To Brief Agnipath Scheme
Amid the protests in many states of the country against the 'Agnipath' scheme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the chiefs of the three services. A day earlier, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh had met the three army chiefs. The news agency ANI has given this information by quoting government sources. Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that decisions and reforms may be temporarily unpleasant, but with time the country will feel their benefits.
Keeping in mind the future of Agniveers, the government also made many major changes in the plan. Amidst the opposition to the scheme, the government has issued a notification for the first recruitment of Agnipaths.
The central government implemented the Agneepath scheme on June 14 last week. Since the implementation of the scheme, till now there is a protest from students and politicians regarding this.
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